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Signing Up to Get the Flu in Rare Gov't Study

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January 27, 2014

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Would you voluntarily get the flu and stay in isolation for more than a week? Groups of research participants are signing up to be part of a flu immunity study at the National Institutes of Health. (Jan. 27)

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